Now That's What I Call Music! 23 (UK series)

This article describes the 23rd album in the UK Now! series. It should not be confused with identically-numbered albums from other Now! series. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! 23 and Now That's What I Call Music! discography

Now That's What I Call Music! 23 or Now 23 was released in 1992. The album is the 23rd edition of the (UK) Now! series. It was released on vinyl, audio cassette & CD formats. The Heaven 17 track 'Temptation', the Simple Minds track 'Alive and Kicking' and Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé's 'Barcelona' were making their second appearances on a NOW! album. First appearing on 1983's Now That's What I Call Music!, 1985's Volume 6 and 1987's Volume 10 respectively, the single Barcelona re-released, a result of being used in the Olympic Games as the unofficial anthem.

Now That's What I Call Music! Volume 23
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	November 16, 1992
Recorded	Various Times
Genre	Pop
Length	2:32
Label	Virgin / EMI / Polygram
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 22 (1992) Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 23 (U.K. series) (1992) Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 24 (1993)

Track listing

Disc one

1. Tasmin Archer : "Sleeping Satellite"
2. Jon Secada : "Just Another Day"
3. Charles & Eddie : "Would I Lie To You?"
4. Was (Not Was) : "Shake Your Head"
5. Bob Marley & The Wailers : "Iron Lion Zion"
6. Go West : "Faithful"
7. George Michael : "Too Funky"
8. Arrested Development : "People Everyday"
9. Simply Red : "For Your Babies"
10. Erma Franklin : "(Take A Little) Piece Of My Heart"
11. Brian May : "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
12. Simple Minds : "Alive and Kicking"
13. John Lee Hooker : "Boom Boom"
14. Billy Ray Cyrus : "Achy Breaky Heart"
15. Little Angels : "Too Much Too Young"
16. Richard Marx : "Take This Heart"
17. Genesis : "Jesus He Knows Me"
18. INXS : "Baby Don't Cry"
19. Crowded House : "It's Only Natural"

Disc two

1. Erasure : "Who Needs Love Like That" (Hamburg Mix)
2. The Shamen : "Ebeneezer Goode"
3. Rage : "Run To You"
4. Bizarre Inc feat. Angie Brown : "I'm Gonna Get You"
5. Heaven 17 : "Temptation"
6. East 17 : "House of Love"
7. The Farm : "Don't You Want Me"
8. Undercover : "Never Let Her Slip Away"
9. Doctor Spin : "Tetris"
10. Ambassadors of Funk and MC Mario : "Supermarioland"
11. Roxette : "How Do You Do!"
12. ABBA : "Dancing Queen"
13. Björn Again : "A Little Respect"
14. Vanessa Paradis : "Be My Baby"
15. Betty Boo : "Let Me Take You There"
16. Sophie B. Hawkins : "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"
17. Peter Gabriel : "Digging in the Dirt"
18. Enya : "Book of Days"
19. Roy Orbison & k.d. lang : "Crying"
20. Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé : "Barcelona"

Booklet mistakes

• In the liner notes for the collection, it is stated that the Brian May track featured, "Too Much Love Will Kill You", peaked at #4 in the UK Singles Chart; it actually peaked at #5 for two weeks in September 1992.

See also

• Now That's What I Call Music!
• Now That's What I Call Music! discography
• Now That's What I Call Music! 23 (U.S. series)

External links

• Now That's What I Call Music! 23 front- and backcover